Mount CofE Primary School

Mount CofE Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive school where pupils feel safe, happy and included, and behaviour is good. Inspectors found strong personal development, effective early years provision, and good leadership and management, with safeguarding effective. The school has benefited from positive recent change, an ambitious curriculum, strong relationships with families, improved attendance and effective support for pupils with SEND, within a multi-academy trust that provides effective guidance. However, the quality of education requires improvement because the curriculum is not consistently well designed or taught across subjects. In some subjects, essential knowledge is not identified or sequenced precisely enough, and checks on pupils' understanding are inconsistent, leaving gaps. Phonics is a priority, but checks on pupils' sounds knowledge are not precise enough and some weaker readers do not get the expert catch-up support they need. Some pupils still do not attend regularly enough, missing important learning. This was the school's first section 5 inspection since conversion; its predecessor was judged good.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, happy and included
• Behaviour is good with clear rules and calm routines
• Early years provision gives children a strong start
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported effectively
• Attendance has improved tremendously
• Personal development prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain
• Strong relationships with families
• Effective governance and trust support
• Staff feel supported with workload

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum design and implementation are inconsistent across subjects
• Essential subject knowledge is not always identified, ordered or checked precisely
• Some pupils have gaps in learning and do not achieve as well as they should
• Phonics checks are not accurate enough and weaker readers lack precise catch-up support
• Some pupils do not attend school regularly enough

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mount CofE Primary School attended 86.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 50.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.5% of pupils at Mount CofE Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mount CofE Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.0% of pupils at Mount CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Mount CofE Primary School received £7,786 and spent £7,945 for each of its 193 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£208 per pupil).

Across all 23 schools of Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust, income was £7,940 and spending £8,035 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Newark · Nottinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Mount CofE Primary School is part of Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 24 schools. The nearest others:

• Magnus Church of England Academy Newark
• The King's Church of England Primary Academy Newark
• St Peter's Crosskeys CofE Academy Newark
• Kneesall CofE Primary Academy Select
• West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy Grantham
• West Grantham Church of England Primary Academy Grantham
• Burntstump Seely CofE Primary Academy Nottingham
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Edwinstowe Mansfield
• Gamston St Peter's CofE Primary School Retford
• Cotgrave Church of England Primary School Nottingham

What is Mount CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mount CofE Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Mount CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mount CofE Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Mount CofE Primary School have?

Mount CofE Primary School has 195 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mount CofE Primary School cover?

Mount CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Mount CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 24% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mount CofE Primary School?

Mount CofE Primary School is at Kings Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1EW.